He would have tried for his sake.’ ‘I didn’t think my granddad was that friendly to anyone?’ ‘Oh no. It wouldn’t have been friendship. Cha...les admired your grandfather because of his sense of duty and his integrity. That was very important to Charles.’ She poured the tea, adding just a little milk to Abby’s with half a spoon of sugar. Abby was dumbstruck! How did Mrs. Comberford know how she liked her tea? ‘I understand that you don’t spend too much time here?’ Gwen shook her head. ‘No, I have. .. Naww - I heard you call this cute blonde next to me – Cuz.”Cute Blonde grinned, then told me, “You’re cute yourself. What’s your name, Piper?““Not many people call me Piper. How did you know a flute player was called Piper? The name’s Lucien, actually.”“YOU’RE LUCIEN – THE PIPER?”I looked around when all four of them scuffed their shoes in the dirt as they stopped their swings, and sat with their swing seats twisted toward me, looking at me... “Well, I’m a guy named Lucien, but I’m not sure. I rushed over to the kitchen,ready to cook like it was what I was born to do.Flipping through the pantry, I was embarrassed at its contents. I wasn'tthe healthiest of eaters, with T.V dinners and take-out taking up themajority of my meals. After pondering for a while, I decided that a nicepasta dish would hit the spot. I gathered the ingredients and got tocooking.Like with my maid form, I found myself cooking with such passion as Ihad never done before. Hell, I wasn't even using a cookbook, the. High Boys’ Team, but didn't get to play very much. One afternoon after practice, Rae suggested to me that my problem was that I didn't get enough practice outside of school. I told her that I didn't have any place to practice now that it was too cold to work out on the driveway. "Why don't you come over after supper tonight? I've got a place in the barn where we can work out, and I can show you some moves you don't know about," she said with a smile.“Oh, yeah, what kind of moves?” I asked.